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Was looking on RV Trader and came across this GMC with a small portable wood stove for heat:

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/1973-GMC-GLACIER-23--5019882817

Anyone know who's coach this is? Pretty cool looking setup... While I (hope) I never need one hear in Texas, it's got to throw off a ton of heat inside the coach...


Mark S. '73 Painted Desert, Manny 1 Ton Front End, Howell Injection, Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes, Fort Worth, TX
[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369008 is a reply to message #369007] Mon, 07 March 2022 16:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thats the smallest wood stove Ive ever seen!
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Was looking on RV Trader and came across this GMC with a small portable wood stove for heat:

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/1973-GMC-GLACIER-23--5019882817

Anyone know who's coach this is? Pretty cool looking setup... While I (hope) I never need one hear in Texas, it's got to throw off a ton of heat
inside the coach...
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Re: [GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369010 is a reply to message #369008] Mon, 07 March 2022 19:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Keith V wrote on Mon, 07 March 2022 14:59
Thats the smallest wood stove Ive ever seen!

Not the smallest I'VE ever seen, there's a beautiful 23' on youtube that has a real humdinger that burns presto logs.

https://youtu.be/xk3mIPWYDNc

Larry


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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369011 is a reply to message #369010] Mon, 07 March 2022 19:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That is a really nicely done GMC

Sully
Seattle wa

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:21 PM wrote:

> Keith V wrote on Mon, 07 March 2022 14:59
>> Thats the smallest wood stove Ive ever seen!
>
> Not the smallest I'VE ever seen, there's a beautiful 23' on youtube that
> has a real humdinger that burns presto logs.
>
> https://youtu.be/xk3mIPWYDNc
>
> Larry
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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369013 is a reply to message #369007] Tue, 08 March 2022 08:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The idea of camping on a cold night and sitting in the GMC with the lights off enjoying the light and heat from a wood stove fire has got me considering adding this to my list of things to one day do to my coach....

Mark S. '73 Painted Desert, Manny 1 Ton Front End, Howell Injection, Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes, Fort Worth, TX
Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369026 is a reply to message #369007] Tue, 08 March 2022 15:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We live in a house that was electric heat. Even with the special rate, it was expensive, so we heated with wood. Mary can probably still split wood better than most people you know. We have a wood stove at this house just for amusement. If I never have to heat on wood again, I won't miss it at all.

When we lived there, there was this little J-pickup that had a bumper sticker that said,"Split Wood, Not Atoms". You know that sucker lived in a gas heated apartment near the university. I always wanted to catch him some day and invite him to a Saturday's worth of wood cutting and splitting.

Matt


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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369031 is a reply to message #369007] Wed, 09 March 2022 09:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Matt, I'm going to have to go the other direction on splitting wood... It's one of my favorite forms of what I call "fun work". Now, I've never heated my home with it, and I'm sure that changes things, but we used to live in upstate NY, and I had an uncle that heated his home with wood. One of my favorite memories from when I was younger is splitting wood on a brisk morning. Something very satisfying about a well placed blow and the split log shooting off in either direction. You'd start off in a layered winter coat, sweatshirt and hat, and by the time you were rolling, you'd be working in a t-shirt.

It's actually something I'm having trouble finding now that I'm here in Texas. I took a fairly big, dying tree down in my yard a couple years ago. I let the wood season till this winter when I decided it was time to split it. Went out and picked up an 8lb maul and a couple wedges at Tractor Supply.. And one cold morning I figured I would relive those memories from when I was younger. Now, I'm not in the same shape I was 25 or so years ago, but I can still swing a maul pretty well. I stood up a log and took a good hard swing... The 8lb maul went in about an eighth of an inch. It was like trying to split concrete. Took me a half hour to split that one log with the wedges and a lot of cursing. I haven't learned to identify the trees down here yet, but whatever wood it is, it's tough.

I've since burned that one log I split and some of the other smaller logs from the tree that did not need splitting and let me tell you... It's the longest, hottest burning wood I've come across...

Back on topic, I looked up that stove on the youtube coach (The Kimberly Wood Stove), and it's expensive enough they don't list the price, and they have a FAQ on the website on why they are so much $$. I found one for sale used locally, and they were asking $2500.

The stove in the robins egg blue coach looks to be the Grizzly Cubic Mini. It's listed at $573. Probably be in it close to a grand when you buy the stainless wall mount and flue kit.

Not terrible.

There are some more pics of that coach on the GMCMI Classified page:

https://www.gmcmi.com/motorhomes-for-sale/


Mark S. '73 Painted Desert, Manny 1 Ton Front End, Howell Injection, Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes, Fort Worth, TX
Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369032 is a reply to message #369007] Wed, 09 March 2022 09:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Correction on my last post. I think the stove on the robins egg coach is actaully the Grizzly Cub. $475. Probably all in with the stainless mount and flue at $750-8.

Not terrible at all....

https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all/products/cb-1008-br-cubic-mini-wood-stove


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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369033 is a reply to message #369032] Wed, 09 March 2022 11:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wood splits a lot easier when wet. At least that’s what I’ve discovered
splitting everything that burns up here in the PNW

Sully
Bellevue wa

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:37 AM Mark Sawyer wrote:

> Correction on my last post. I think the stove on the robins egg coach is
> actaully the Grizzly Cub. $475. Probably all in with the stainless mount
> and flue at $750-8.
>
> Not terrible at all....
>
>
> https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all/products/cb-1008-br-cubic-mini-wood-stove
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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369034 is a reply to message #369033] Wed, 09 March 2022 12:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I spent my childhood from 1946 until 1958 in a logging town in Western
Washington called Salkum. In the foothills of the Cascade Range. Our house
had 3 rooms. Kitchen, Living room, and Bedroom. And a path to the outhouse.
It had a cinder block 1 car garage, and a chicken house. A big cleared
garden spot. The rest was Douglas Fir second growth timber about 75 or 80
foot tall. 18" to 24" in diameter at the butt. From about age 10, I felled,
limbed, bucked and split those Douglas firs for cooking and heating that
non insulated mill town house. Linoleum floors are damn cold on those bare
feet when nature called in the early morning. I split wood and cedar
kindling every day I lived there, so that my single mom could cook, and
wash clothes, etc. To say that it was an enjoyable experience would be a
lie. It was an everyday chore, like taking care of the chickens, and
pulling weeds from the garden, and pushing the hand powered reel lawn
mower. Hard scrabble life, but not much different than the other 100
families in Salkum. We all burned rood for cooking and heating.
Do I want a wood burning stove in my GMC? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING,
RIGHT? Not now, not never. But your experiences might vary. This is
America, and you have the right to choose. Choose wisely, grasshopper. You
will live with your choices.
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On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 9:33 AM Todd Sullivan wrote:

> Wood splits a lot easier when wet. At least that’s what I’ve discovered
> splitting everything that burns up here in the PNW
>
> Sully
> Bellevue wa
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:37 AM Mark Sawyer
> wrote:
>
>> Correction on my last post. I think the stove on the robins egg coach is
>> actaully the Grizzly Cub. $475. Probably all in with the stainless
> mount
>> and flue at $750-8.
>>
>> Not terrible at all....
>>
>>
>>
> https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all/products/cb-1008-br-cubic-mini-wood-stove
>> --
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>> Manny 1 Ton Front End,
>> Howell Injection,
>> Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
>> Fort Worth, TX
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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369035 is a reply to message #369033] Wed, 09 March 2022 12:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Does anyone have experience in installing the wood on the ceiling as
pictured in the Robbins Egg Blue motorhome?

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 9:34 AM Todd Sullivan wrote:

> Wood splits a lot easier when wet. At least that’s what I’ve discovered
> splitting everything that burns up here in the PNW
>
> Sully
> Bellevue wa
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:37 AM Mark Sawyer
> wrote:
>
>> Correction on my last post. I think the stove on the robins egg coach is
>> actaully the Grizzly Cub. $475. Probably all in with the stainless
> mount
>> and flue at $750-8.
>>
>> Not terrible at all....
>>
>>
>>
> https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all/products/cb-1008-br-cubic-mini-wood-stove
>> --
>> Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
>> Manny 1 Ton Front End,
>> Howell Injection,
>> Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
>> Fort Worth, TX
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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369036 is a reply to message #369007] Wed, 09 March 2022 13:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Living in BC, just like anywhere in the PNW, unless you're a condo transplant from back east, pretty much all of us could use a chainsaw and swing an axe. Wood was everywhere 50 yrs back. I even sold cords for a while. Built wooden boats with drawknives adzes and sideaxes and yes, heated my house with wood. Not any more though. Cranes, high rises and Starbucks traffic jams and bike lanes have replaced the truck and chainsaw unless you can get out of town. Well used to be town. City now.

That's why I have a GMC. So I can do that.

Larry


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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369037 is a reply to message #369036] Wed, 09 March 2022 14:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Never saw a chainsaw until I was about 15 or so. I used a "misery whip" for
most of my wood cutting. Warms you twice. Once when you burn it, once when
you cut it.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 11:32 AM wrote:

> Living in BC, just like anywhere in the PNW, unless you're a condo
> transplant from back east, pretty much all of us could use a chainsaw and
> swing an
> axe. Wood was everywhere 50 yrs back. I even sold cords for a while. Built
> wooden boats with drawknives adzes and sideaxes and yes, heated my house
> with wood. Not any more though. Cranes, high rises and Starbucks traffic
> jams and bike lanes have replaced the truck and chainsaw unless you can get
> out of town. Well used to be town. City now.
>
> That's why I have a GMC. So I can do that.
>
> Larry
> --
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>
> 1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working
> but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS
> exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat
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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369041 is a reply to message #369037] Wed, 09 March 2022 18:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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A lot of answers here, but I would suggest that you check with your
insurance provider would cover the wood burning stove. in the past they
have not.

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On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 1:16 PM James Hupy wrote:

> Never saw a chainsaw until I was about 15 or so. I used a "misery whip" for
> most of my wood cutting. Warms you twice. Once when you burn it, once when
> you cut it.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 11:32 AM wrote:
>
>> Living in BC, just like anywhere in the PNW, unless you're a condo
>> transplant from back east, pretty much all of us could use a chainsaw and
>> swing an
>> axe. Wood was everywhere 50 yrs back. I even sold cords for a while.
> Built
>> wooden boats with drawknives adzes and sideaxes and yes, heated my house
>> with wood. Not any more though. Cranes, high rises and Starbucks traffic
>> jams and bike lanes have replaced the truck and chainsaw unless you can
> get
>> out of town. Well used to be town. City now.
>>
>> That's why I have a GMC. So I can do that.
>>
>> Larry
>> --
>> Larry - Victoria BC -
>>
>> 1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working
>> but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS
>> exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat
>> exchange hoses
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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369042 is a reply to message #369007] Thu, 10 March 2022 08:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I’d file this under “bad idea”. Wood smoke at very very low PPM is “quaint” but quickly goes bad at higher levels. You’d need good venting and makeup air. In a vehicle with deep upholstered furnishings it would linger just about forever. Plus you can’t walk away from it or go to sleep with it, (well I wouldn’t) and when are embers truly extinguished?

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[GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369043 is a reply to message #369033] Thu, 10 March 2022 09:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wood splits better when wet? Thats a new one. Cold and dry wood splits best. of course when I say cold, I mean single digits Fahrenheit or lower!

I have a wood stove in my house, I use it occasionally and for emergency heat and I agree that a wood stove in an RV is not a good idea. MAYBE if you have it parked forever, but they are dirty beasts. if you want radiant heat, get an electric Quartz heater
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Wood splits a lot easier when wet. At least that’s what I’ve discovered
splitting everything that burns up here in the PNW

Sully
Bellevue wa

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:37 AM Mark Sawyer wrote:

> Correction on my last post. I think the stove on the robins egg coach is
> actaully the Grizzly Cub. $475. Probably all in with the stainless mount
> and flue at $750-8.
>
> Not terrible at all....
>
>
> https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all/products/cb-1008-br-cubic-mini-wood-stove
> --
> Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
> Manny 1 Ton Front End,
> Howell Injection,
> Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
> Fort Worth, TX
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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369045 is a reply to message #369042] Thu, 10 March 2022 12:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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JohnL455 wrote on Thu, 10 March 2022 06:21
I’d file this under “bad idea”. Wood smoke at very very low PPM is “quaint” but quickly goes bad at higher levels. You’d need good venting and makeup air. In a vehicle with deep upholstered furnishings it would linger just about forever. Plus you can’t walk away from it or go to sleep with it, (well I wouldn’t) and when are embers truly extinguished?
This really doesn't happen burning presto-logs like the guy in the video does. They are pretty nice to burn IME.

Larry


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Keith V wrote on Thu, 10 March 2022 07:26
Wood splits better when wet? Thats a new one. Cold and dry wood splits best. of course when I say cold, I mean single digits Fahrenheit or lower!

I have a wood stove in my house, I use it occasionally and for emergency heat and I agree that a wood stove in an RV is not a good idea. MAYBE if you have it parked forever, but they are dirty beasts. if you want radiant heat, get an electric Quartz heater

Ah! another east - west difference. I'm with Sully, in the PNW, ya gotta split it when wet! Depends on the wood though I guess - if you want a challenge, try drying out some willow and have a go splitting that. You'd have better luck splitting some rope!

Larry


Larry - Victoria BC - 1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
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I have split a bunch of wood over the years. It all splits differently.
Closely grown Doug Fir that is straight for the majority of it's height and
limb free is easy to split. Oregon White Oak is at the other end of the
scale. Madrone is absolutely one of the toughest ones. Most of the wood
cutters I see now use power splitters. We had a severe ice storm in Feb
2021, and lost all of the Oregon White Oaks in our yard except one. We had
11 of them. All our shade went with them. We will miss that this summer.
Won't miss the 100 bags of leaves, though. Will plant grass seed this
spring where those stumps were. We had all those stumps ground out and
hauled off as chips. Sure looks differently now.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 10:09 AM wrote:

> Keith V wrote on Thu, 10 March 2022 07:26
>> Wood splits better when wet? Thats a new one. Cold and dry wood splits
> best. of course when I say cold, I mean single digits Fahrenheit or lower!
>>
>> I have a wood stove in my house, I use it occasionally and for emergency
> heat and I agree that a wood stove in an RV is not a good idea. MAYBE if
>> you have it parked forever, but they are dirty beasts. if you want
> radiant heat, get an electric Quartz heater
>
> Ah! another east - west difference. I'm with Sully, in the PNW, ya gotta
> split it when wet! Depends on the wood though I guess - if you want a
> challenge, try drying out some willow and have a go splitting that. You'd
> have better luck splitting some rope!
>
> Larry
>
> --
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>
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Re: Wood Stove in GMC [message #369048 is a reply to message #369007] Thu, 10 March 2022 13:27 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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$85,0000 coach - with a wood stove?

It's really cool but it's hard to see those two data points in the same vehicle.

Today it's possible to heat and cool a coach entirely on solar panels and lithium and if my budget was $85K that's what i'd be doing.

But if you were in the habit of going to really remote places, like north canada, it wood be cool to have a warm place to hang out with even the most catastrophic system failure.


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